Shoe-shining attachment



May 5, 1925. 1,536,104

H. c. KAHLo SHOE SHINING ATTACHMENT- Filed'Jan. 28. 19:244

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N N1,536,101 PATENT oFFicE.

imnav c. KAI-nto` or INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

To all who/m, t may concern.' i

Be it known that I, HARRY C. KAIILO, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the `county ofV Marion and State of Indiana, have invente-d `certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-'Shining Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates t-o shoe shining attachments and its object is to provide a foot support capable of ready attachment to, detachment from and support by a water closet bowl and having means for carrying a blacking box, brush and polisher or similar accesf sories.

To this end the invention is embodied in In the drawings reference character 10` indicates a long narrow bar or strip preferably of metal constituting the supporting base of the device. On its upper surface this member is provided with a shoe engaging portion 11, which may be integral or separate from the remainder of the device. On its under surface the base member 10 is provided with downwardly extending open `spring clip members 18 and 14 which are adapted to take over the upper edge of the bowl of a water closet and which constitute the releasable-attaching means for the device. The clip 13 is adjustable longitudinally of the base by means of a screw 15 which is engaged by a clamping nutv 16, thescrew passing through an elongated longituolinal slot 17 in the base member and the nut bearing against the upper edge of said member.

1 The nut 16 has a plurality of laterally extending arms 18 bent upward at their ends in a manner to hold a box 19 between them, said box containing paste of the sort commonly used in polishing shoes. Preferably the arms are resilient and act as i spring clips to engage a bead 2O on the box and so hold the box securely in place. 3 Clip Application filed January 28, 1924. Serial No. 689,113.

14 is shown as held by a rivet 21, but the `holding member may be a screw provided with a nut 22 as indicated in dotted lines in Figure `2 in which case a slot 23 will be formed in bar 10 to provide for ailjustinent.`

Bar 10 is provided with shoulders spaced from each end thereof, one of which affords a rest for the heel of the shoe being polished while the other holds the toe of the shoe above the level of the paste-box- On itsunder surface the base member is provided with a downwardly extending spring clip disposed at right angles to the clips 13, 14e and constituting holding means for a suitable polisher 12.

A similar spring holding clip 25 is secured to; the under surface of the base member and preferably projects laterally therefrom, said clip providing means to retain a polish applying brush 26. y

In the use of the device, it is placed transversely of the bowl and the spring clip meinbers are forced over the edge thereof, serving by their Iengagement therewith to prevent n longitudinal and transverse displacement of the device. The under face of `the base member rests on the upper edge of the bowl.

The attachment may be readily removed and easily handled owing to its shape and small bulk.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made `in my device without departing from the spirit of the invention and therefore I do not limit myself to the specific embodiment of my invention shown in the drawings and described in the specification but only as indicated in. the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my said invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: y

1. A shoe shining attachment comprising a member adapted to stand transversely of a bowl and rest on opposite edges thereon, open spring clips secured to the under side of said member and adapted to releasably engage over the respective edges of said` bowl, and accessory holding means carried by said member, saidmember also having a foot supportingportion, substantially as set forth.

2. A shoe shining attachment comprising an elongated bai` adapted to stand transversely of the bowl and rest on opposite edges thereot and having open spring clip members on its under side adapted to engage the respective edges of said bowl one of said spring clip members being secured'to be adjusted longitudinally of said bar, said bar being provided with a foot support, and accessory holding devices carried by "said bar, substantially as set forth.

3. A supporting attachment for shining shoes having a supporting base` means'on its upper surface to receive and engage a shoe, and spring clip members oni'ts lower surface adapted to engageover the edge of a closet bowl, substantially as set forth.

4. A shoe shining attachment' comprising a member adapted to extend transversely of a bowl and to rest thereon, said member having spring clips `del'iendii'i'g from 'the under side thereof adapted to releasably engage the edge ofi-the bowl, one of said spring clips being adjustably secured to said member, spring fingers secured to said vadjustable'clip and disposed on the upper side of said member and adapted to engage and releasably hold a container for polish, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Indianapolis,Indiana, this QA-th Elday of January, A. l). nineteei` hundred and twenty-four.

l-IARRY C. KAI-ILO. `Titnesses MpL. SiiUiLER, Es'rELLA A. Gamebe.

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